Erna Weyl and Walter Rothschild collection

Identifier
irn620560
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2018.462.1
  • 2019.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn620560

Extent and Medium

boxes

14

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Estate of Erna and Walter Rothschild

The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Lawrence Rothschild.

Scope and Content

Documents, photographs, pamphlets, books, and clippings concerning the experiences of Walter Rothschild and Erna Weyl Rothschild. Includes photo albums; loose prewar, wartime and postwar photographs; correspondence (some with translation); personal documents including citizenship papers, Army documents, birth, marriage, and death records; passports and identification cards; a US Army file including maps, photos, official documents, clippings, a menu from Camp Ritchie, and ID cards; and documents from the Holland America line.

Corporate Bodies

  • Camp Albert C. Ritchie (Md.)

Subjects

  • Shipping companies (Marine transportation)
  • Fort Ritchie (Md.)
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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